New York, September 23, 2016 (SPS) - Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra stressed Thursday, in New York, the urgent need to settle the conflict in Western Sahara while denouncing the negative developments characterizing the peace process led by the United Nations (UN).
Algiers, Sept 22, 2016 (SPS) - The president of the Sahrawi Red Crescent (CRS), Yahia Bouhabini, said Wednesday that the "urgent call" launched by international aid agencies to ease the suffering of Sahrawi refugees shows the growing concern worldwide over the deterioration of the situation due to Morocco's stubbornness and its denial of Sahrawi people's right to self-determination.
Algiers, Sept 22, 2016 (SPS) - Hungarian deputy Lagos Kibli affirmed his “determination” to continue action for supporting the Sahrawi cause and raising awareness among the European community on the need to enable the Sahrawi people to exercise their legitimate right to self-determination.
Brussels, Sept 22, 2016 (SPS) - The European Union (EU) expressed its “concern” over the conflict in Western Sahara and its effects on the security and the respect of human rights in the region, reiterating its support to the process under the aegis of the United Nations to reach a solution enabling the Sahrawi people to exercise their right to self-determination.
Algier, Sept 22, 2016 (SPS) - The Minister of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. Ramtane Lamamra and Chair of the African Union Commission, Ms. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma stressed on Tuesday in New York, the need to accelerate the decolonization of Western Sahara, according to a statement by the Algerian Foreign Ministry.
New York, Sept 22, 2016 (SPS) -The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Dr. Ahmed Ould Isalku Izeid Bih, received yesterday in New York the Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the Nations United to Western Sahara, Mr. Christopher Ross, responding to a request from the latter, according to the Mauritanian News Agency.
Copenhagen (Denmark), September 22, 2016 (SPS) - The Danish Organization of Afrika Kontakt launched a campaign on several levels in Denmark in order to put pressure on the EU to play a positive role in enabling the Saharawi people of their right to self-determination through a free, fair and impartial referendum, underlining that Western Sahara is the last non-self-governing territory of Africa and still pending the completion of its decolonization process. Hence, it is paramount that the referendum for self-determination is settled and international law respected.
Belmopan, Sept 21, 2016 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Ambassador to Nicaragua, Mr. Suliman Tieb Henan, as Special Envoy of the President of the Republic, Brahim Gali, has participated in the festivities for the 35th Anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Belize, which took place from 17 to 21 September 2016.
New York (USA), September 21, 2016 (SPS) - The King of Spain on Tuesday, Mr. Felipe VI, said that his country supports United Nations efforts aimed at reaching a solution to the Saharawi people, which enable them to exercise their right to self-determination and the decolonization of Western Sahara.
Speaking at UN 71 session of the General Assembly, he called the parties of the conflict "Morocco and the Polisario Front," to resume negotiations to reach a final solution to the conflict in Western Sahara.
Murcia (Spain), September 21, 2016 (SPS) - the Minister of Cooperation, Mr. Bulahi Sid, along with Polisario Front general representative in Spain and Polisario representative in Murcia, received today by the President of the Cartagena University of Science and Technology, Mr. Alejandro Diaz, in the framework of his visit to Spain.
Geneva (Switzerland), Sept 21, 2016 (SPS) -Two international organizations, IFOR and ISMUN, asked yesterday the United Nations to observe the situation of the Saharawi political prisoners in Moroccan prisons, during their speeches at the 33rd Session UN Human Rights Council, which currently take place in Geneva, Switzerland.
Occupied Smara, September 21, 2016 (SPS) - the Moroccan occupying authorities has brutally dispersed a peaceful demonstration of a group of marginalized young Sahrawi demanding their right to work and a decent life and to benefit from the wealth of their country, reported Sahrawi human rights source.
According to the same source, the occupying authorities attacked the demonstrators in the streets of the city leaving fear among the citizens.
Algeria, September 20, 2016 (SPS) - the Algerian National Reform Movement (Islah Mouvement ) denounced on Tuesday the ongoing violations against Saharawi people rights and Moroccan occupation daily aggression ,expressing total solidarity with the Sahrawi people.
Algeria, September 20, 2016 (SPS) - the Chairwoman of the Algerian Sahrawi Parliamentary Group of the brotherhood and friendship, Ms. Saida Bounab, received on Monday Salvadoran MP Juan Manuel de Jesus Flores Cornejo, according to a statement reported by Algerian National People's Assembly.
Geneva (Switzerland), September 20, 2016 (SPS) - Saharawi delegation participating in the 33th session of UN Human Rights Council has attended a series of workshops, organized by international organizations and human rights associations on key issues of concern to the Saharawi people and their just cause.
Stockholm, September 19, 2016 (SPS) – Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Margot Wallström has indicated that her government is very concerned about, and follows carefully the tense situation prevailing in the buffer zone of Guerguerat, southwestern Western Sahara.
Margarita (Venezuela), September 19, 2016 (SPS) - The 17th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement has reaffirmed support for all resolutions of the UN General Assembly and Security Council on Western Sahara, calling for the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination, in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and resolution 1514 of 14 December 1960.
New York, September 18, 2016 (SPS) - The United Nations has proposed the exclusive presence of the peacekeeping forces of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) in Guerguerat area, southwest of Western Sahara, where Polisario Front and Moroccan troops are separated from each other by only 120 metres.
Shaheed El Hafed, September 18, 2016 (SPS) President of the National Council (Parliament), Khatri Addouh, received Saturday Hungarian Member of European Parliament, Lajos Kapli, on a visit to the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
The audience was attended by Suelma Beiruk, Vice President of the African Parliament, Hamdi Boueha, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The meeting focused on the latest developments of the question of Western Sahara and the means to strengthen Sahrawi, Hungarian and European parliamentary relations.
Shaheed El Hafed, September 18, 2016 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, received at the Presidency of the Republic Salvadoran Senator Juan Manuel Flores, on a visit to Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.